They they rescheduled and they went. On the plane he met other people on the press trip, including a freelance photographer. After dinner on their first night, the head of the Tunisian Tourism Board or whatever gave a speech about why it was such a great place visit. Anyway, my mate and his new photographer friend snuck out of the hotel and flagged down a cab, and persuaded it to take them to the Libyan border where a load of refugees were being corralled into makeshift camps. They spent the night chatting to people and taking pictures, before the tourist board tracked them down, got very angry with them, escorted them back to the hotel and refused to leave then alone for the rest of the trip to visit luxury 5 star resorts and historical sites.

So you should do all that, because it sounds cool. It would help if you had decent French though.

if there are any other really good sandy, warm places for holiday then let me know. Just saw Kenya, but it's a little too expensive in the summer and where it's more affordable in the half term we can't do that really.

basically spent any time outside of the hotel being shouted at by people desperately trying to sell us things.
it's quite boring and the food was awful. chott el djerid (salt lake) was kind of cool but it seems to be miles away from anything and it took forever to get there, and really, it's just loads and loads of mud and salt, so i'm not sure it was worth getting up at 5am and spending 6 hours in a minibus to get there. going to the desert and going on a camel and stuff was alright but i think probably we should have gone somewhere else.